On Thanksgiving morning 1965, a group of fifth graders in New Hyde Park had nothing to do so they got together to play football.

Five of them took the field to play again Thursday, some for the 60th time in a row, in an annual tradition that now spans three generations.

"It's more than a game," said Tommy Capatano, 43, son of one of the original 10 players, Ray Capatano. "It's about family. It's about tradition. It's about lineage. I know how important this is for my father, and I know what it means to him to have not only his kids, but his grandkids, involved in such a special day."

Thursday’s game on a soccer field at New Hyde Park Memorial High School was nine against nine. The players' "Turkey Bowl" jerseys — custom made every year — featured nine halos, each above the names or in

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